“As a child, one has that magical capacity to move among the many eras of the earth; to see the land as an animal does; to experience the sky from the perspective of a flower or a bee; to feel the earth quiver and breathe beneath us; to know a hundred different smells of mud and listen unselfconsciously to the soughing of the trees.” -Valerie Andrews, A Passion for this Earth
As Spring garden preparations began to take place around SVK, our 'Little Friends' were very curious about all of the insects and bugs all around our outdoor learning environment. We loved to find worms, grasshoppers, spiders, caterpillars and especially bees! These curiosities led our class into an in-depth Bee Investigation. We explored how bee's collect pollen, how they make honey, the 'Waggle Dance', bee's wax and the importance of Bee's to our planet. While our study of Bee's was filled with lots of fun activities, exciting discussions and interesting discoveries it presented great learning tools for our little explorers to cultivate and develop a variety of skills using so many different 'languages'.
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| Bug Sketches; What do bugs look like? |
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| What kind of bugs are in our garden? |
Bee's Nest Provocation: What is a Bee's Nest?
S.F: It’s a bee cake!
S.G: It’s a bee house! The bee’s live in them and make
honey! One time I got stung by a bee!
A: Me too! The bee was in MY house!
Invitation to explore honey combs with light and shadow.
Bee's Wax Exploration
S: Bees get honey! And pollen and nectar!
Beekeeper Discoveries and Curiosities
The Waggle Dance: Our favorite discovery about bee's was their waggle dance! By imitating the bee's dance we were able to relate with our bee friends through music and movement!
A: Bee’s waggle!
S.G: They draw a map!
E.S: Buzz! Bee’s dance!
E.B: The bee’s fly! They make pollen.
M: The bee’s waggle! See! I can waggle too!
